Turning Oil Into Water

February 10, 2011 | This article appeared in the February 28, 2011 edition of The Nation.

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After a plan to tow icebergs from Antarctica ran aground, the Saudis used their oil wealth to build desalination plants for watering their desert kingdom.

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Frederick Deknatel

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